PL22024: Intercultural awareness
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Comparative cultural assessment (CWES 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
On completion of the Unit students shall be able to:
- Identify and describe cultural universals and variables [knowledge and understanding; transferable skills]
- Compare and evaluate cultural artefacts across cultures [knowledge and understanding; transferable skills]
- Prepare a cross-cultural comparative report [knowledge and understanding; transferable skills]
- All of the above develop oral and written communication skills.
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| Synopsis: | Prepare for your time abroad with an overview of theory and practice in intercultural awareness.
You'll develop your skills in research methods to help you with assessment tasks in your time abroad. Working individually and in teams, you'll apply theories of intercultural communication to analyse and interpret cultural artefacts.
You'll reflect on your own experience and understanding to explore and evaluate different cultures within a business context.
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| Content: | What is culture?
Framing debates
-Culture, communication, context, and power
-Conceptualising intercultural (communicative) competence and intercultural citizenship
-Cultural identity, representation, and othering
-The intercultural speaker and the acquisition of intercultural/global competence
-International business culture(s)
Research methods and national culture
National culture(s)
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| Course availability: |
PL22024 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB58 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB59 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB57 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB62 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB63 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB61 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB65 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB66 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB64 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB50 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (French) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB51 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB52 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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